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Volume XC, Number 29 University of Southern California Wednesday, March 18, 1981
University to lose employees
CETA funds cut earlier than expected
The university will lose 100 employees because of President Ronald Reagan's budget proposals.
Forty-nine of the employees were given lay-off notices Tuesday and today alier the Department of Labor reduced monies already allocated to pay them forcing the university to give two weeks' notice to the employees, who'were scheduled to lose their jobs at the end of September under Carter administration proposals.
The September layoffs were “sel for an orderly transition, and now it's just a mess," said Barbara Pearson, director of the university's affirmative action office. The employees are all funded from Comprehensive Educational and Training Act funds.
Under the act, the federal government pays the salaries of unemployed workers who take jobs in private institutions. The employees affected at the university work under the Title 6 and Title 2B programs. The Title 6 phaseout was announced in January, allowing the university to phase out the workers and provide job placement assistance. Pearson said.
However, the federal government decided Friday to reduce the Title 2B allocations by 38.9 percent nationwide. The university, just as the city of Los Angeles, has already spent about 60 percent of its original allotment. Therefore the university was required by the Department of Labor to give the employees two weeks' notice. The employees, mostly secretaries and data-punch operators, were scheduled to complete the job program at the end of September. „
The decision from the Reagan administration has not yet been officially conveyed to most of the program's participants, most of whom were informed by telephone about the cuts Friday and Monday.
The funds taken from this year's allocations will
be used for another CETA program. Titles 2B and 2C. basic training programs.
The sudden cut has put many off guard. At a Los Angeles City Council meeting yesterday morning, several councilmen expressed dismay over the move. "(It) strips them (employees) of their dignitv." said Councilman Joel Wachs. "It is taking them off a federally funded job and putting them ... on one form or another of public assistance."
Five thousand employees are affected in Los Angeles, and the city will attempt to place Title 2D employees in open positions throughout the city government, as well as take some non-entry level positions available to the laid-off workers.
Police Chief Daryl Gates told the council that of the 67 CETA employees in the police department.
23 qualify for entry-level positions, while many of the others could be placed in temporary positions. The department regularly has between 100 and 150 positions open at any one time, he said.
Councilman Robert Farrell called the action "a slap in the face of people who are trying to better themselves."
In Washington, a spokesman for the Department-of Labor's office of management and planning, who refused to be identified, said "the signs (of the impending cuts were there." He detailed the Reagan budget proposals as an attempt to reduce next year's budget while at the same time reduce some expenditures now to make further cuts easier.
“The lobby organizations and the interest groups have very astute people in Washington who know as much about (it) as we do." the spokesman said when told of the council's and university's apparent dismay.
The proposal affects 300,000 people nationwide, said Wendy McConnell, acting chief of the Labor Department's programming design office. Participants in the program were given two days to issue (Continued on page 10)
Jesuit priest-former congressman stresses human rights’ importance
By Casey Wian
StafT Writer
“Can you simply walk away and say you will do nothing about people starving, the arms race being out of control and the fact that human rights are being violated throughout the world?"
This question was put to an audience of about 150 people Tuesday at the Hancock Auditorium by former U.S. Congressman Robert F. Drinan.
A Roman Catholic Jesuit priest, Drinan was forced to resign his Congressional seat as a result of Pope John Paul IPs decision stating that ordained priests could not hold elected public office.
Drinan called the arms race with the Soviet Union a “fantasy of an administration that is trying to be macho by stopping the communists in their tracks.”
“It is simplistic to say the Soviet Union is planning a great challenge to the U.S. in El Salvador," Drinan said.
Drinan maintained that the Soviets have not been making advances throughout the world, as is implied by the Reagan administration.
"The Soviets have been thrown out of 15 nations, and they have no staying power in the ones they occupy,” Drinan said. “The facts do not support the persistent Soviet advances that are being claimed by the current administration,” he said.
“If we continue to escalate our nuclear weapons, something has to happen that is going to be a holocaust," he said.
Drinan expressed displeasure with the current administration's ambassador to the United Nations. Jeane Kirkpatrick, who recently slated that the U.S. must try lo get along with “moderately repressive" nations.
“Being moderately repressive is like being a little bit pregnant,” Drinan said. “We are forgetting about human rights."
Drinan said that 40 nations still engage in open torture of political prisoners, and the U.S. has a “sacred obligation" to combat these human rights violations.
“I am ashamed to say that the U.S. ranks 15th out of 17 nations in the percentage of the Gross National Product that is given to underdeveloped nations," Drinan said.
Drinan said 80 million babies are born in third world countries every day, and 20 million of these will die before their fifth birthday. Over 400,000 people starve to death every week, and one-sixth of humanity suffers from malnutrition.
“Can we allow this because it happens in the third world countries that we are unfamiliar with?" Drinan asked.
“Everyone has a right to the standard of living adequate for himself and his family,” Drinan
stated. “I suppose we'll say that famine has always existed. The difference is that today we have all kinds of devices to put a stop to malnutrition."
Drinan said that “We (the U.S.) should have a benevolent presence in every nation on the earth. We (Continued on page 3)
Gap between Greeks, others vexes Zumberge
By Matthew Kane
Staff Writer
The tension between the Greek community and the rest of the university is as much of a concern for President James H. Zumberge as it is for the fraternities and sororities.
"I would like to see something done about the bad gap between the Greeks and the rest of the university," Zumberge told an assemblage of Greek leaders Monday night in an after-dinner speech at Sigma Chi fraternity.
Zumberge attributed the resentment of independents toward Greeks to an impression that Greeks belong to a privileged class. But Zumberge expressed an understanding of how that impression came about.
"In a way Greeks do have special privileges," Zumberge said. It is not a privilege given by the university but the privilege of living in an environment and with people of their choosing, he said.
Zumberge. who became a member of Phi Delta Theta when he attended Duke University, said the problem of tension between Greeks and independents is not new .
"The situation is not that much different than 35 or 40 years ago." he said.
Zumberge blamed the tension partly on a “stereotyped' view independents have of Greeks, and partly on the way Greeks portray themselves to the rest of the.university. He said the Greeks have an obligation to show they are part of the university and not an isolated group.
Zumberge suggested they might take an example from Southern Methodist University, where Zumberge was president previously, and provide more service to !he entire university.
Zumberge also spoke about the strengths and weaknesses of the Greek system.
"We see now a very healthy Greek system across the United States." he said. The desirability of Greek life is returning. Zumberge observed, increasing toward the level it had before World War II.
“There's selectivity in determining who will or will not be (Greek).-' Zumberge said. This leads to a “commonality" running through the Greek system which, he cautioned, can inbreed bad as well as good qualities.
Zumberge did not limit his remarks to topics of special concern to the Row. On the subject of enrollment, Zumberge reiterated his often-expressed worry that financial aid cuts coupled with increased educational costs may reduce enrollment. He said financial aid has made it possible for many students to select this university as opposed to a state school.
“Mr. Reagan and his new plan may signal a time when that is going lo change." Zumberge said.
During the ’70s. the university has grown tremendously, but the key to the university's success in the '80s will not be growth, but good management. Zumberge said. This was the motivation for reorganizing the university's administration more along the lines of a corporation, he added.
Rather than growing, the university may have to cut back on some programs. Zumberge said. This, he feels, can result in improved education, though in a smaller number of areas.
One area which will continue to be important is athletics. Zumberge singled out football as especially important.
“Football is a way that the attention of individuals can be focused on the university, but it must be conducted with great integrity," he said. Zum-berged added that the university must remember football is not the only reason for the university's existence.
“I'm pro-athletics but also pro-academics," he said.
(Continued on page 14)
REV. ROBERT F. ORINAN

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Volume XC, Number 29 University of Southern California Wednesday, March 18, 1981
University to lose employees
CETA funds cut earlier than expected
The university will lose 100 employees because of President Ronald Reagan's budget proposals.
Forty-nine of the employees were given lay-off notices Tuesday and today alier the Department of Labor reduced monies already allocated to pay them forcing the university to give two weeks' notice to the employees, who'were scheduled to lose their jobs at the end of September under Carter administration proposals.
The September layoffs were “sel for an orderly transition, and now it's just a mess," said Barbara Pearson, director of the university's affirmative action office. The employees are all funded from Comprehensive Educational and Training Act funds.
Under the act, the federal government pays the salaries of unemployed workers who take jobs in private institutions. The employees affected at the university work under the Title 6 and Title 2B programs. The Title 6 phaseout was announced in January, allowing the university to phase out the workers and provide job placement assistance. Pearson said.
However, the federal government decided Friday to reduce the Title 2B allocations by 38.9 percent nationwide. The university, just as the city of Los Angeles, has already spent about 60 percent of its original allotment. Therefore the university was required by the Department of Labor to give the employees two weeks' notice. The employees, mostly secretaries and data-punch operators, were scheduled to complete the job program at the end of September. „
The decision from the Reagan administration has not yet been officially conveyed to most of the program's participants, most of whom were informed by telephone about the cuts Friday and Monday.
The funds taken from this year's allocations will
be used for another CETA program. Titles 2B and 2C. basic training programs.
The sudden cut has put many off guard. At a Los Angeles City Council meeting yesterday morning, several councilmen expressed dismay over the move. "(It) strips them (employees) of their dignitv." said Councilman Joel Wachs. "It is taking them off a federally funded job and putting them ... on one form or another of public assistance."
Five thousand employees are affected in Los Angeles, and the city will attempt to place Title 2D employees in open positions throughout the city government, as well as take some non-entry level positions available to the laid-off workers.
Police Chief Daryl Gates told the council that of the 67 CETA employees in the police department.
23 qualify for entry-level positions, while many of the others could be placed in temporary positions. The department regularly has between 100 and 150 positions open at any one time, he said.
Councilman Robert Farrell called the action "a slap in the face of people who are trying to better themselves."
In Washington, a spokesman for the Department-of Labor's office of management and planning, who refused to be identified, said "the signs (of the impending cuts were there." He detailed the Reagan budget proposals as an attempt to reduce next year's budget while at the same time reduce some expenditures now to make further cuts easier.
“The lobby organizations and the interest groups have very astute people in Washington who know as much about (it) as we do." the spokesman said when told of the council's and university's apparent dismay.
The proposal affects 300,000 people nationwide, said Wendy McConnell, acting chief of the Labor Department's programming design office. Participants in the program were given two days to issue (Continued on page 10)
Jesuit priest-former congressman stresses human rights’ importance
By Casey Wian
StafT Writer
“Can you simply walk away and say you will do nothing about people starving, the arms race being out of control and the fact that human rights are being violated throughout the world?"
This question was put to an audience of about 150 people Tuesday at the Hancock Auditorium by former U.S. Congressman Robert F. Drinan.
A Roman Catholic Jesuit priest, Drinan was forced to resign his Congressional seat as a result of Pope John Paul IPs decision stating that ordained priests could not hold elected public office.
Drinan called the arms race with the Soviet Union a “fantasy of an administration that is trying to be macho by stopping the communists in their tracks.”
“It is simplistic to say the Soviet Union is planning a great challenge to the U.S. in El Salvador," Drinan said.
Drinan maintained that the Soviets have not been making advances throughout the world, as is implied by the Reagan administration.
"The Soviets have been thrown out of 15 nations, and they have no staying power in the ones they occupy,” Drinan said. “The facts do not support the persistent Soviet advances that are being claimed by the current administration,” he said.
“If we continue to escalate our nuclear weapons, something has to happen that is going to be a holocaust," he said.
Drinan expressed displeasure with the current administration's ambassador to the United Nations. Jeane Kirkpatrick, who recently slated that the U.S. must try lo get along with “moderately repressive" nations.
“Being moderately repressive is like being a little bit pregnant,” Drinan said. “We are forgetting about human rights."
Drinan said that 40 nations still engage in open torture of political prisoners, and the U.S. has a “sacred obligation" to combat these human rights violations.
“I am ashamed to say that the U.S. ranks 15th out of 17 nations in the percentage of the Gross National Product that is given to underdeveloped nations," Drinan said.
Drinan said 80 million babies are born in third world countries every day, and 20 million of these will die before their fifth birthday. Over 400,000 people starve to death every week, and one-sixth of humanity suffers from malnutrition.
“Can we allow this because it happens in the third world countries that we are unfamiliar with?" Drinan asked.
“Everyone has a right to the standard of living adequate for himself and his family,” Drinan
stated. “I suppose we'll say that famine has always existed. The difference is that today we have all kinds of devices to put a stop to malnutrition."
Drinan said that “We (the U.S.) should have a benevolent presence in every nation on the earth. We (Continued on page 3)
Gap between Greeks, others vexes Zumberge
By Matthew Kane
Staff Writer
The tension between the Greek community and the rest of the university is as much of a concern for President James H. Zumberge as it is for the fraternities and sororities.
"I would like to see something done about the bad gap between the Greeks and the rest of the university," Zumberge told an assemblage of Greek leaders Monday night in an after-dinner speech at Sigma Chi fraternity.
Zumberge attributed the resentment of independents toward Greeks to an impression that Greeks belong to a privileged class. But Zumberge expressed an understanding of how that impression came about.
"In a way Greeks do have special privileges," Zumberge said. It is not a privilege given by the university but the privilege of living in an environment and with people of their choosing, he said.
Zumberge. who became a member of Phi Delta Theta when he attended Duke University, said the problem of tension between Greeks and independents is not new .
"The situation is not that much different than 35 or 40 years ago." he said.
Zumberge blamed the tension partly on a “stereotyped' view independents have of Greeks, and partly on the way Greeks portray themselves to the rest of the.university. He said the Greeks have an obligation to show they are part of the university and not an isolated group.
Zumberge suggested they might take an example from Southern Methodist University, where Zumberge was president previously, and provide more service to !he entire university.
Zumberge also spoke about the strengths and weaknesses of the Greek system.
"We see now a very healthy Greek system across the United States." he said. The desirability of Greek life is returning. Zumberge observed, increasing toward the level it had before World War II.
“There's selectivity in determining who will or will not be (Greek).-' Zumberge said. This leads to a “commonality" running through the Greek system which, he cautioned, can inbreed bad as well as good qualities.
Zumberge did not limit his remarks to topics of special concern to the Row. On the subject of enrollment, Zumberge reiterated his often-expressed worry that financial aid cuts coupled with increased educational costs may reduce enrollment. He said financial aid has made it possible for many students to select this university as opposed to a state school.
“Mr. Reagan and his new plan may signal a time when that is going lo change." Zumberge said.
During the ’70s. the university has grown tremendously, but the key to the university's success in the '80s will not be growth, but good management. Zumberge said. This was the motivation for reorganizing the university's administration more along the lines of a corporation, he added.
Rather than growing, the university may have to cut back on some programs. Zumberge said. This, he feels, can result in improved education, though in a smaller number of areas.
One area which will continue to be important is athletics. Zumberge singled out football as especially important.
“Football is a way that the attention of individuals can be focused on the university, but it must be conducted with great integrity," he said. Zum-berged added that the university must remember football is not the only reason for the university's existence.
“I'm pro-athletics but also pro-academics," he said.
(Continued on page 14)
REV. ROBERT F. ORINAN